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Dry bulk shipping is “very close” to seeing a supply and demand balance and an improved outlook is expected in the second half of this year and into 2021.

Classification society ABS has added Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) Survey remotely to obtain compliance ahead of a December 2020 deadline.

The Maritime Research and Innovation UK (MarRI-UK) initiative supported by the UK Department for Transport has announced winners of its first Clean Maritime Call to help find innovative ways to assist the UK’s long-term transition to zero emission...

Operator of the world’s largest container line, AP Moller - Maersk, expects to see a 20 – 25% drop in volumes across its businesses in the second quarter of 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the UK’s last blue-chip ship operating companies, P&O Ferries, has announced that the continued downturn in its business due to the pandemic will oblige it to make redundant up to 1,100 employees, the same number as it furloughed under the...

Container lines would appear to have largely firmed up blank sailings in their Q2 schedules with just six additional voyages voided over the last week.

With oil market volatility at an all-time high, even exceeding the volatility of equity markets, supply and demand shocks have sent bunker prices collapsing at the fastest rate since the 2008 global financial crisis.

Maersk Supply Service (MSS) will lay off approximately 55 staff on the back of the weak oil and gas market.

The government of Cyprus has adopted with a formal process to facilitate crew changes in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will lead to a contraction in the shipping container fleet and keep prices and lease rates under pressure in 2020, according to analyst Drewry.